{"id":103935,"date":"2024-04-22T10:29:15","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T14:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=103935"},"modified":"2024-04-22T10:43:26","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T14:43:26","slug":"rosy-rhodocoma-capensis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=103935","title":{"rendered":"Rosy Rhodocoma capensis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2pLKwgb\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53671315648_874996a6b3_z.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9003\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure when the rhodocoma started blushing pink.  In fact, before this morning I didn&#8217;t even know to expect such a phenomenon, but trusted resources have this to say:   <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smgrowers.com\/products\/plants\/plantdisplay.asp?plant_id=2174\">San Marcos Growers<\/a>:  &#8220;<em>Upright growing clump forming (tussock) grass-like plant to 6 feet tall with arching reed-like stems bearing congested tight whorls of branchlets with fine foliage. In spring appear the flowers which, for female plants, are a deep pink, while male flowers are pale yellow-green<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have a girl!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2pLL9Hf\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53671438264_288007ab3d_z.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8987\" width=\"640\" height=\"542\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Also from San Marcos Growers:  &#8220;<em>The name for the genus comes from the Greek words &#8216;rhodo&#8217;, meaning &#8220;rose&#8221; or &#8220;red&#8221;, and &#8216;kome&#8217; meaning &#8220;hair&#8221; in reference to terminal clusters of the reddish inflorescence.<\/em>&#8221;   Baked into the name, my rosy-haired Cape Restio!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m not sure when the rhodocoma started blushing pink. In fact, before this morning I didn&#8217;t even know to expect such a phenomenon, but trusted resources have this to say: San Marcos Growers: &#8220;Upright growing clump forming (tussock) grass-like plant &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=103935\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5119,36],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paNJ2E-r2n","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103935"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=103935"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103945,"href":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103935\/revisions\/103945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=103935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=103935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=103935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}